Protocol Engineer

Solana Foundation; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology company is seeking a Protocol Engineer to develop on-chain infrastructure for stablecoins. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Rust and Solana programming, as well as a strong understanding of DeFi primitives. This fully remote role offers competitive compensation and equity packages, along with a flexible working environment. Candidates should be ready to demonstrate their relevant experience and capabilities.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Equity compensation packages

Flexible working hours

Company‑paid offsites twice a year

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience writing production‑grade Rust code.
• 2+ years of experience writing programs on the Solana blockchain with the Anchor framework.
• Deep understanding of DeFi primitives such as liquidity pools and lending markets.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and build Solana programs using the Anchor framework.
• Test Solana programs and simulate their behavior in various scenarios.
• Work on the architecture, optimizing for security and readability.

Skills

Rust programming

Solana blockchain

DeFi primitives

Security practices

Tools

Anchor framework

Pinocchio framework

Job description

Fully Remote • Full Time • Equity • Remote (Europe preferred) • full time

About Reflect

Reflect is a financial technology company building decentralised, credibly neutral infrastructure for yield‑bearing stablecoins. We are making stablecoins powerful, programmable and productive tools, so they can better serve networks, protocols, developers and communities, instead of banks and centralised issuers. Reflect is a lean, highly technical, remote‑first team based in Europe (United Kingdom, Italy, Poland). We’ve recently raised a $3.75 million seed round led by a16z crypto CSX. The product is currently in invite‑only alpha access for selected individuals and is soon launching publicly. We’re looking for high agency individuals who want to build at the edge of stablecoin innovation.

The role

We are looking for a Protocol Engineer to develop the core of Reflect’s on‑chain infrastructure, powering and securing our stablecoins.

In this role, you’ll build efficient DeFi primitives, integrate third‑party protocols and implement delta‑neutral strategies for Reflect.

You will

• Maintain and build Solana programs using the Anchor framework.
• Test Solana programs and simulate their behavior in various scenarios.
• Understand and integrate external DeFi protocols and primitives.
• Work on the architecture, optimizing for security and readability of our systems.
• Participate in code reviews.

Requirements

You are a great fit if

• 2+ years of experience writing production‑grade Rust code.
• 2+ years of experience writing programs on the Solana blockchain with the Anchor framework or similar.
• Deep understanding of DeFi primitives: liquidity pools, lending markets, perpetual futures, LSTs.
• Familiarity with the Pinocchio framework or native Solana programs.
• Strong understanding of the Solana runtime.
• Understanding and prioritization of good security practices and access control rules.
• Up‑to‑date with the latest updates of the Solana runtime and developer tooling.
• Experience integrating existing DeFi protocols.

Nice to have

• Experience in high‑frequency trading, market making or quantitative finance.
• Deep understanding of delta‑neutral strategies.
• Experience working with yield‑bearing assets.
• Experience or familiarity with restaking protocols (e.g. Jito, Eigenlayer).
• Experience building and maintaining a large DeFi protocol ($>100M TVL).

What we offer

Remote‑first role with competitive and upside‑aligned compensation.

• Remote‑first working environment with flexible working hours.
• Competitive compensation.
• Equity compensation packages.
• Company‑paid offsites, minimum twice a year.

Interested?

Send us a short note with relevant proof of work. We read every application carefully.

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